A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Upstream kernel scsi driver.

published 2017-09-08 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-1148

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits: 0; none known

A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Upstream kernel scsi driver. Product: Android. Versions: Android kernel. Android ID: A-35644812.

Patch / fix

distros 1

linux Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.13.0-161.211
linux Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-98.121
linux-aws Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1039.48
linux-gcp Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1002.5
linux-hwe Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-32.35~16.04.1
linux-kvm Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1009.14
linux-azure Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.13.0-1005.7
linux-raspi2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 4.4.0-1076.84

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-0794

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Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.8	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Google Inc. Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

usn.ubuntu.com /3798-1/
vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.com /3798-2/
vendor-advisory
source.android.com /security/bulletin/2017-09-01
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/100667
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-0794
NVD CVE-2017-0794

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Summary